I will maintain my innocence(A) and never let go of it;
    my conscience(B) will not reproach me as long as I live.(C)

“May my enemy be like the wicked,(D)
    my adversary(E) like the unjust!
For what hope have the godless(F) when they are cut off,
    when God takes away their life?(G)

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My righteousness I (A)hold fast, and will not let it go;
(B)My heart shall not [a]reproach me as long as I live.

“May my enemy be like the wicked,
And he who rises up against me like the unrighteous.
(C)For what is the hope of the hypocrite,
Though he may gain much,
If God takes away his life?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:6 reprove

I have (A)kept hold of my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not rebuke any of my days.

The State of the Godless

“May my enemy be as the wicked,
And [a]my opponent as the criminal.
For what is (B)the hope of the godless when he makes an end of life,
When God requires (C)his [b]life?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:7 Lit one who rises up against me
  2. Job 27:8 Or soul